27- "The Worst Scoundrels To Ever Infest Kansas": The Bloody Benders

Feeling weary after a long day traveling in a rickety wagon? Stop into a cozy little house and forget your worries with a simple seance ritual; or so you think. Join us on today's episode as Hatter takes us on a messy ride to the Osage trails multitudinous murders of unsuspecting travelers, succumbing to the charms of a sweetly dubious Kate Bender and her devious family0:00 Settling back into the frontier with this intro03:44 Benders arrive to conduct seance business with some pretty weird mannerisms12:13 Too many disappearing travelers for the Osage trails taste18:15 The Bender’s constant evasion from the law concerning their heinous crimes26:14 Conflicting narratives of incarceration or executions of the Benders31:07 Unknown family origins and shocking discoveries of who they truly are35:55 Share your thoughts at [email protected] and help us debunk the way complete strangers could conspire together37:40 A sneak peek into our next episode & outroResources:Kansas Historical Society Legends of America Richmond, Kansas: A History of the Sunflower State Zink, Wicked Kansas Smithsonian Magazinehttps://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-bendershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Bendershttps://web.archive.org/web/20111010080847/http://www.flexassistant.com/images/Benders.pdfhttps://legendsofkansas.com/labette-county-kansas/https://kualumni.org/stories/bloody-benders-property/https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/kate-bender/11980https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/Send us your stories at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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